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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Georgia will face Jadeveon Clowney, \"the very best player to exist today,\" on Sept. 7. (Scott Cunningham/Getty)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By Zac Ellis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Georgia coach Mark Richt said earlier this week that South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney \"might be the very best player to exist today, at any level.\" Well, Clowney's own coach isn't quite ready to agree.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Wednesday's &lt;em&gt;The&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Jim Rome Show&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier said that Richt's comments might have gone a little too far. (H/T CoachingSearch.com)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CThat was a little strong right there,\u201D Spurrier said. \u201CObviously, Jadeveon is probably the best defensive lineman in college football. I think everyone agrees with that. But when you start putting linemen in there with quarterbacks, receivers and running backs, I don\u2019t know what he\u2019s trying to say. If he\u2019s trying to fatten up Jadeveon\u2019s thinking, I hope it doesn\u2019t work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CJadeveon has had a lot of praise, a lot of attention the entire offseason. I think he\u2019s handled it pretty well. He tries to stay out of the limelight. He doesn\u2019t go to the clubs. He\u2019s not out in public much, except when he has to go to class and so forth. I think he\u2019s handled it well.\u201DClowney is already slated to become a top-five NFL draft pick once he completes his junior season at South Carolina. Richt and the Bulldogs face the division-rival Gamecocks in Athens on Sept. 7, so the Georgia coach's compliment might have been little more than a plot to temper expectations.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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